Come check out the refreshed www.technorati.com! — I've got some wonderful news, six month's hard work of our entire team has just gone out the door. http://www.technorati.com/ — We just launched a major refresh to www.technorati.com. Some of the changes are subtle, some are big …

AdSense coming to a video near you — You've heard the expression "Content is king." We completely agree, and we also realize that these days website content is much more than just text — it's also video. That's why we're excited to announce that this week, we're launching a pilot …

GOOGLE ANNOUNCES PURGE OF AD-HEAVY WEB SITES — Google is trying to clean up its search results by cracking down on dubious Web sites that contain little content but lots of ads. — The search giant has notified a number of Web publishers in the last few days that they will be dropped from its popular …

Google turns the page... in a bad way. — This is a long post but it's worth the read. In short, Google and Dell have teamed up to install some software on Dell computers that borders on being spyware. I say spyware because it's hard to figure out what it is and is even harder to remove.

POD IT AWAY! — COMPUTER giants Apple are really worked up—over an Ann Summers sex toy that hooks up to your iPod. — Women all over Britain are saying yes, yes, yes to the £30 iGasm that plugs into a music player and delivers good vibrations that pulse to the beat.

Sony handheld to offer net calls — Owners of Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld console will soon be able to make voice and video calls over a wireless internet connection. — Using a soon-to be-released camera and microphone, gamers will be able to call other PSP owners and some BT phones.

Google Can't Google? — Last year Google tried to convince me to join their ranks. I had a nice trip to Mountain View, a pleasant day of interviews, and a glimpse inside of their campus. All pretty cool. I ended up shutting down the process between the "we really want to hire you" …

No FFXIII This Year — Just in case you were still hoping. — Did that updated Final Fantasy XIII trailer (you know, the one you weren't able to see because filming was not allowed) from the Square Enix Party get you even more excited about Japan's most anticipated PS3 title?

Is the Google Video PlusBox Fair? — There's an interesting imbalance being created by Google's recent integration of videos right into their search results in the form of a PlusBox. For instance, when I search for finger flip flop video, a Google Blogoscoped blog entry containing …

Global Voices wins Knight Foundation News Challenge — I'm at the Editor and Publisher and Adweek "Interactive Media" conference today because the Knight Foundation is announcing its News Challenge winners this morning at the conference. Global Voices has won one of the 24 awards …

Prototype Of Pandora Wifi Device Shown Tonight In San Francisco — Pandora made a number of announcements tonight at a press/user event at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, which we covered earlier. Deals with Sonos and Sprint were announced that bring Pandora Internet radio into the home and to mobile devices.

Skype Worm Variant Targets Other Instant Messaging Clients — Background: In recent months, there have been a number of so-called "Skype Worms" that have been spread in a similar fashion as an Instant Messaging infection - user is sent malicious link, user clicks link and becomes infected assuming …